Window and door-hangings fixture support



L A. SMITH WINDOW AND DOOR HANGINGS FIXTURE SUPPORT April 16, 1929.

Filed Aug. 10, 1927' l N VEN TOR.

Patented Apr. 16, 1929.

UNITED STATES LAURENCE A. SMITH, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

WINDOW AND DOOR-HANGIN GS FIXTURE SUPPORT.

Application filed August 10, 1927. Serial N0. 211,999.

This invention relates to improvements in window and door hanging fixture supports, and refers more particularly to fixture supports for French windows, doors or casement windows. The fixture support also has brackets for curtains or shades.

The invention has todo with a window shade fixture support which is extensible and which is held in place by pressure upon con tacting members engaging the inside edge of the sash of the window or frame of the door adjacent to the top 'lintel.

The supports are easily installed and quickly removed without marring, or in any way defacing, the frame or lintel of a door or the sash frames of the window by screws or brads usually essential in the mountmg of hanging fixtures.

A further advantage in the present structure is the fact that the support is practically invisible from the outside and does not hinder the opening or closing of the door or casement window.

Fig. 1 is a face view of the support in position on the easement window with portions of the frame of the window and sash broken away.

Fig. 2 is a perspective detail of the fixture plate which engages the inside edge of the sash or door frame.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of theremovable fixture. I

Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing the method of pivoting the fixture plate onto the channels. 7 I a Referring to the drawings, at 1 isrshown frame of casement windows or a door frame for French windows or door openings. Two (2) is a top horizontal frame or lintel. At 3 40 is shown the side sash frames of acasement window, and 4 is the top horizontal sash frame.

The fixture supports consists of a channel 5, having an upstanding curved lug 6 formed in the end of the channel and adapted to be inserted through slots 7 in the channel 8. The channels telescope with each other and are extensible to the desiredlength so that the horizontal support made up of the two channels is the proper length 'to extend across the door or'window to which it is to be aflixed. At the end of the channels are pivoted at 9 pressure or fixture plates 10 which are identical in construction except that they are reture and prevent by the channels,

the adjustment of the versed to fit the two frame edges. The upper portion of the fixture plate is bent back as shown in Fig. 4 at 10 to strengthen the strucside movement of the plate upon the pivot. The construction also improves the rigidity of the support when mounted in position. The lower portion of the plate is formed as shown at 10 in Fig. 2 to enclose a resilient pad or block 11, preferably formed of rubber, which serves as a contacting member for the fixture plate. This contacting member fits against the edge of the inside of the sash frame or vertical door frame and, due to the pressure imposed supports the entire fixture. The face of the resilient pad may be grooved to accommodate the contour of the edge of the sash frame.

. Below the channels, and riveted or otherwise fastened upon the fixture plate, is a stop 12 which prevents the rotation of the contacting plates beyond a position in which the contacting or resilient members present substantially parallel surfaces to the surfaces of the sash frames to which they are to be affixed.

In other words,.the function of the plates 12 is to stop the rotation of the contacting plates so that the resilient contacting members present substantially parallel surfaces to the surfaces of the sash frames to which they are to beaflixed. Also, their being pivoted pern'iits fixture plate mounting inside of the sash or door frames prior to bringing the channels in alignment or imposing the pressure upon the resilient contacting members to hold the structure in place.

Briefly describing the method of installing the fixture, the telescoping channels are extended so that the resilient members 11 of the fixture plates 10 contact the inside edges of the vertical sash or door frames just beneath the top horizontal frame. The channels are extended so that the contacting members will reach the side frames. The fixture is then removed from the door or casement window, and the lug 6 is inserted in one of the slots of the channel 8, slightly extending the channels beyond the distances measured between the window or door frames.

The channels are then broken from alignment and the contacting members put into position as shown in Fig. 1. The channels are aligned, which brings pressure upon the re- Pl'OSSlll'G silient members and the ring clamp 13 slid over the outside channel 8 to hold the channels in alignment. Thus, the support is rigidly held in position by the pressure upon the resilient members 11.

Bracket plates 14, with two bracket attachments 15 and window shade brackets 16, may be attached to the fixture plate by the tongues 17 engaging slots 18 in the face of the fixture plate. This method of attaching the bracket plate is merely a suggested form of construction that may be varied Without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.-

The novelty in the present structure lies primarily in the method of pivoting the fixture plate to the channel members and the pivot and stop arrangement for holding the fixture plate in position and against rotation beyond a predetermined position which permits proper engagement with the side frames of the easement window or door.

I claim as my invention:

1. A support fixture for casement window or door hanging, comprising telescoping channels having a toggle engagement and adjustable as to their combined length, and contacting members pivotally mounted on the outer ends of the channels and adapted to rigidly engage the inside vertical sash frames of the hinged frame when the channels are brought in alignment.

2. A support fixture for casement window or door hanging, comprising telescoping channels having a toggle engagement, one of said channels apertured to receive an engaging member of the other channel, and adj ustable as to their combined length, and pressure contacting members pivotally mounted on the outer ends of the channels and'adapt ed to rigidly engage the inside vertical sash frames of the hinged frame when the channels are brought in alignment.

3..A support fixture, such as that claimed in claim 1, including means for stopping the rotationof the cont-acting plates at a position in which the contacting members present substantially parallel surfaces to the surfaces of the sash frames.

a. A support fixture for casement window or door hanging, comprising telescopic members having a toggle engagement and adjustable as to their combined length, and pressure contacting members pivotally mounted on the outer ends of the telescopic members and adapted to rigidly engage the inside vertical sash frames of the hinged frame when the channels are brought in alignment, each of said pressure contacting members having oppositely extending channel shaped portions, one of the channel shaped portions engaging the telescopic member, and the other channel shaped portion forming a recess, and a resilient block occupying said recess. y

5. A support fixture comprising telescopic channels having a toggle engagement and adjustable as to their combined length, and pressure contacting members pivotally mounted on the outer ends of the channels, each of said pressure contacting members including oppositely extending channel shaped portions, one of the channel portions of each contacting member extending into the channel to which it is pivoted, and the other channel shaped portion forming'a recess, and a block of resilient material occupying said recess.

6. A support fixture comprising telescopic channels having a toggle engagement and ad- 'justable as to their combined length, and a pressure contacting member pivotally mounted on the outer end of each of the channels, each of said pressure contacting members comprising a plate provided'with upper and lower oppositely extending channel shaped parts, the upper channel shaped part extending into one of the telescopic channels, and the other channel shaped part forming a recess, a block of resilient material occupying said recess, and stop means for limiting the pivotal movement of the telescopic members relatively to the pressure contacting members.

- LAURENCE A. SMITH. 

